Oberlin Blogs

First choice plain, second choice honey nut.

And the music, of course.

Unsurprisingly, it turned out that sometime last week was Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I really should have been aware of this, given that my obsession with the festivities surrounding this November supper run astonishingly deep for someone who grew up in Zimbabwe where turkeys, if they ever existed there, had probably long buckled under societal pressure and just converted themselves into either chickens or cows or zebras in order to fit in.

Where I run out of things to say about fruit and keep talking. Please do not read if you're in a serious mood.

While this is by far not the classiest thesis to have picked for my second blog post, one cannot deny that food is a subject about which blog posts ought to be written. So, ladies and gentleman, look forward to a passion-charged ramble about my favourite dining spots in and around Oberlin.

The undercover investigation begins.

Summer in Oberlin is filled with beautiful and tasty things. Take a peek!

Turns out even the pickiest eater can chow down co-op style.

Ruby learns about the implications of locally grown produce! And gets to eat yummy food along the way. Yay!

Tales of head cooking in Keep Co-op's kitchen, plus the answers to all the questions you never thought to ask. What does a CLEC do? How many parades has the Keep Parade Master led? And just what is that cutout of Captain Picard doing in the walk-in?

Winter Term co-ops and cinnamon rolls! Includes lots and lots of process pictures, a la Ma'ayan.

A series of vignettes on my Oberlin birthdays.